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Battery powered Linux-terminal handheld with front and rear inputs, 4.3" DSI LCD, a Pi 3A+, and GPIO breakout. WIP.

dan-a8ksh4Dan (a8ksh4) 06/29/2023 at 20:350 Comments

I've been brainstorming this for a while since making the "Chonky Pocket" that did not fit in my pocket.  I've been trying not to buy parts and use what I have around, but splurged on the $30 display for this and that got things rolling.  The keyboard is from a previous project "Paper Pi" and it was hard to use without some buttons on the back to reduce dependency on just my two thumbs for typing.  So this build adds some rear facing input via 5-way switches.

Cad work has been underway for about a week and I have a first print to test-fit stuff.  I'm going to move the battery to the green spot between the keyboard halves and chop off the bottom of the case to make it smaller.  I think having a scroll wheel in the middle won't be very useful with all of the 5-way switches on the back.

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